Linda Burgess has published three novels, a collection of short stories, two memoirs and two books on historic buildings. Her latest book is Someone's Wife, a collection of personal essays. She adapted it for and read it on National Radio. She is a regular tv commentator on Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan on Radio NZ, and writes a monthly essay for The Spinoff. She is a regular book reviewer for both Newsroom and The Spinoff, and also Landfall. She has been runner-up in both the Sunday Star Times and Katherine Mansfield Short Story competitions and last year was a finalist in the Voyager Media Awards, First Person Narrative. She lives in Wellington.

Facebook: Linda Burgess
Twitter: @lindaburgess67

Verb Festival 2021 appearance:
Crone Wisdom, Sun 7 Nov, 4pm